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Page 54
... silence envious tongues . Be just , and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's , Thy God's , and Truth's , then if thou fall'st , O Cromwell . Thou fall'st a blessed martyr . Serve the king ; There take an inventory ...
... silence envious tongues . Be just , and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's , Thy God's , and Truth's , then if thou fall'st , O Cromwell . Thou fall'st a blessed martyr . Serve the king ; There take an inventory ...
Page 59
... silent as the moon , When she deserts the night , Hid in her vacant interlunar cave . Since light so necessary is to life , And almost life itself , if it be true That light is in the soul , She all in every part ; why was the light To ...
... silent as the moon , When she deserts the night , Hid in her vacant interlunar cave . Since light so necessary is to life , And almost life itself , if it be true That light is in the soul , She all in every part ; why was the light To ...
Page 73
... silence hist along , ' Less Philomel will deign a song . In her sweetest , saddest plight , Smoothing the rugged brow of night , While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke , Gently o'er the accustomed oak ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise ...
... silence hist along , ' Less Philomel will deign a song . In her sweetest , saddest plight , Smoothing the rugged brow of night , While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke , Gently o'er the accustomed oak ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise ...
Page 86
... silence , through the empty vaulted night , At every fall , smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe , with the Syrens three , Amidst the flow'ry - kirtled Naiades , Culling their potent ...
... silence , through the empty vaulted night , At every fall , smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe , with the Syrens three , Amidst the flow'ry - kirtled Naiades , Culling their potent ...
Page 93
... silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter , and from heat a shade . All crimes shall cease , and ancient frauds shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale : Peace o ...
... silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter , and from heat a shade . All crimes shall cease , and ancient frauds shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale : Peace o ...
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